Register Now

In order to be able to post messages on the Ford Focus Forum, Ford Focus ST Forum, Ford Focus RS Forum forums, you must first register.
Please enter your desired user name, your email address and other required details in the form below.

User Name:

Password

Please enter a password for your user account. Note that passwords are case-sensitive.

Password:

Confirm Password:

Email Address

Please enter a valid email address for yourself.

Email Address:

What I Drive

Year, color, and model of your car. Example: 2003 Pitch Black ZX3

Name

Your real name.

City

State

Country

Insurance

Please select your insurance company (Optional)

Log-in

User Name

Remember Me?

Password

Human Verification

In order to verify that you are a human and not a spam bot, please enter the answer into the following box below based on the instructions contained in the graphic.

Additional Options

Miscellaneous Options

Automatically parse links in text

Automatically retrieve titles from external links

Topic Review (Newest First)

04-23-2013 01:18 PM

felixthecat

header install issues

Quote:

Originally Posted by replica81

Great, Did a search and read similar things. I'm really hoping it's about as quiet as stock. I'm not a fan of loud 4 cylinder motors.

By the way there is a bracket that the connects are connected to, I removed that bracket= xtra debris. I also used my original manifold gasket too. I had a new oem ford one to install & saw the original one was better. I also had to oblong the bracket that does between the manifold/header & that bolts to the block, that keeps it stable. I oblonged the 2 holes on the header side. Don't run the header w/o it. Like a lot of aftermarket parts, you need to mod then. No big deal, thats part of modding. LOL

04-23-2013 11:15 AM

replica81

Quote:

Originally Posted by felixthecat

Correct^^^^^^^^^^. The connector is really short.

Great, Did a search and read similar things. I'm really hoping it's about as quiet as stock. I'm not a fan of loud 4 cylinder motors.

04-23-2013 11:08 AM

felixthecat

Quote:

Originally Posted by replica81

With the OBX I'd be losing the second O2 sensor correct? Do I just zip tie that out of the way and get a tune that doesn't throw a CEL for it? Hopefully it'll still pass WA inspection. With the stock exhaust I don't think it'll be much louder, yeah?

Correct^^^^^^^^^^. The connector is really short.

04-23-2013 10:54 AM

replica81

With the OBX I'd be losing the second O2 sensor correct? Do I just zip tie that out of the way and get a tune that doesn't throw a CEL for it? Hopefully it'll still pass WA inspection. With the stock exhaust I don't think it'll be much louder, yeah?

04-23-2013 10:05 AM

felixthecat

Quote:

Originally Posted by avilla61

Quick question I'm gonna run the fs header with race and try it out I don't
mind the noise but just in case its too loud do I have to get thhe fs stealth piece or
can I just get whatever 2.5 inch muffler?? Would that act the same of the fs stealth

If I had the race system w/ a header needing some mufflers, I'd go for Magnaflow. Lots of room there for 2 inline mufflers. 4'' or 6'' diameter. 18'' or 22'' long. If I was to do it, I do 2 #12646's which are 18'' x 6'' diameter. Or if you want to use a smaller diameter= #10436 gets you a 22'' x 4'' & theres plenty of room. If you want just one= #12641= 30'' x 6''. You can checkout my pix for ideas.

04-23-2013 07:50 AM

avilla61

Quote:

Originally Posted by felixthecat

Yeah, Thats what I have too. ^^^^^^^^^^

Quick question I'm gonna run the fs header with race and try it out I don't
mind the noise but just in case its too loud do I have to get thhe fs stealth piece or
can I just get whatever 2.5 inch muffler?? Would that act the same of the fs stealth

04-22-2013 12:30 PM

avilla61

Quote:

Originally Posted by jugglethese

its up to you really. you already have the fswerks flex pipe. 50$ more for a bran name header isnt that bad i guess. Or buy the obx and save 50$ and put it in your gas tank, you'll be full throttle everywhere for probably a week haha

Or retune it with fswerks since I have the flasher its only 35 dollars for a full program
But nahh I'm sticking with fs header

04-22-2013 12:14 PM

jugglethese

Quote:

Originally Posted by avilla61

Should I get the one from amazon?
or should I just save up 50 bucks more and buy the fswerks one

its up to you really. you already have the fswerks flex pipe. 50$ more for a bran name header isnt that bad i guess. Or buy the obx and save 50$ and put it in your gas tank, you'll be full throttle everywhere for probably a week haha

04-22-2013 12:07 PM

felixthecat

Quote:

Originally Posted by rambleon84

well, you already have their exhaust, intake, flex and tune...might as well keep it in the family at this point. You know they will be able to give you the best tune with the combination of their parts used already.

Yeah, Thats what I have too. ^^^^^^^^^^

04-22-2013 11:06 AM

avilla61

Quote:

Originally Posted by rambleon84

well, you already have their exhaust, intake, flex and tune...might as well keep it in the family at this point. You know they will be able to give you the best tune with the combination of their parts used already.

Ill just wait then maybe there will be a 4th of july sale or something

This thread has more than 10 replies.
Click here to review the whole thread.